How AI Researcher Dylan Baker Uses Technical Communication to Reduce Algorithmic Harm - C/Change
Dylan Baker is an engineer and researcher currently advocating for and building toward more just algorithmic futures at the Distributed AI Research Institute. In this...
U.S. employers are using AI to essentially reduce workers to numbers in the workplace
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of The Quantified Worker, about how work lives have become quantified for the benefit of employers.
Digital Services Act : application of the risk management framework to Russian disinformation campaigns.
During the first year of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, social media companies enabled the Kremlin to run a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the European Union and its allies, reaching an aggregate audience of at least 165 million and generating at least 16 billion views. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.
Learn more about the current moment for language technology and how the UW's computational linguistics program prepares students to work in the field in this Q&A with program director Emily M. Bender.
Q&A: Uncovering the labor exploitation that powers AI
Investigating how tech firms like OpenAI and Meta teach their algorithms right from wrong, TIME’s Billy Perrigo discovered routine exploitation in the Global South.
The Algorithmic Justice League on LinkedIn: #inplanesight #aibillofrights #ajlunited
In October 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” identifying five principles that…
“Computers enable fantasies” – On the continued relevance of Weizenbaum’s warnings
“The computer has long been a solution looking for problems—the ultimate technological fix which insulates us from having to look at problems.” – Joseph Weizenbaum (1983) Trying to kee…
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
(PDF) Governed by algorithms: Facebook, Foucault, and the digital state
PDF | The objective of this thesis is to propose and analyse the digital state through an exploration of the governmentalities of Facebook. In this... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match
Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.
AI-Generated Art Lacks Copyright Protection, D.C. Court Says (1)
Artwork created by artificial intelligence isn’t eligible for copyright protection because it lacks human authorship, a Washington, D.C., federal judge decided Friday.
Rick Shera on LinkedIn: Digital Service Transformation
I mentioned in my last post complimenting Netsafe New Zealand on its submission on the Safer Online Services and Media Platforms proposals, the proactive…
‘Don’t Put Your Head in the Sand’: Stars Are Quietly Inking Deals to License Their AI Doubles
In 2008, while working with Will Smith on the set of a film that never ended up getting made, Remington Scott had an epiphany. The visual effects director was watching Smith stand in a photogrammetry booth, with dozens of cameras capturing the actor’s facial features from every possible angle. “ ...
Robin Allenson on LinkedIn: 7 years ago, 1 man caused a nationwide shortage of radiologists. Here’s… | 57 comments
7 years ago, 1 man caused a nationwide shortage of radiologists. Here’s how: 👉 Professor Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists”… | 57 comments on LinkedIn